The Post had some interesting articles this week. Jabar Asim did a great opinion piece on the Sean Bell murder.

Lena H. Sun reported on Metro’s new safety measures in response to the death of one of their rail inspectors. After reading this article, one would have assumed that these common sense safety measures should have all ready been in place from the beginning.

Here is a very informative editorial on the large amount of Americans who don’t have health care and the inequalities that this causes. Which brings me to this article where the Ill. Governor is announcing that his state will a wide-ranging set of measures meant to better integrate immigrants, legal and illegal, into the state’s economy, education system and workforce. How in hell can we offer health care incentives to illegal immigrants when the average American citizens can’t even afford health care.

Ann Scott tyson wrote an article on the the Army asking for additional troops. The Army and Marine Corps are planning to ask incoming Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates and Congress to approve permanent increases in personnel, as senior officials in both services assert that the nation’s global military strategy has outstripped their resources.